Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Publications

Lu, C. D., Kwon, D.H., and Abdelal, A. 1997. Identification of greA encoding a transcriptional elongation factor as a member of the carA-orf-carB-greAoperon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. J. of Bacteriol. : 179: 3043-3046

Park, S., Lu, C.D., and Abdelal, A. 1997. Cloning and characterization ofa argR, that participates in regulation of arginine biosynthesis and catabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. J. of Bacteriol. : 179: 5300-5308.

Park, S, Lu, C.D., and Abdelal,A. 1997. Purification and characterization of an arginine regulatory protein, argR, from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its interactions with the control regions for the car, argF, and aru operons. J. of Bacteriol.: 179: 5309-5317

Lu, C. D., Winteler, H, Abdelal, A., and Haas, D. 1999. TheArgR regulatory protein, a helper to the anaerobic regulator ANR during transcriptional activation of the arcD promoter in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Bacteriol. 181: 2459-2464.

Ochs, M, Lu, C.D., Hancock, R.E., and Abdelal, A 1999. Amino acid-mediated induction of the basic amino acid-specific outer membrane porin OprD from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol. 181 :5426-5432

Nishijyo, T., Park, S., Lu, C.D., Itoh, Y., and Abdelal, A. 1998. Molecular characterization and regulation of an operon encoding a system for transport of arginine and ornithine and the ArgR regulatory protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Bacteriol. 180: 5559-5566.

Yang, S., and Abdelal, A.1997.Cloning and characterization of the arginine-specific carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase from Bacillus stearothermophilus. Eur. J. Biochem: 249: 443-449.

Lu, C.D., and Abdelal, A. 1999. Role of ArgR in activation of the ast operon, encoding enzymes of the arginine succinyltransferase pathway in Salmonella typhimurium. J.Bacteriol. 181: 1934-1938.

Scinicariello F, Attanasio R. Intraspecies heterogeneity of immunoglobulin alpha-chain constant region genes in rhesus macaques. Immunology, 103: 441-448, 2001.

Attanasio R, Pehler K, McClure HM. Immunogenicity and safety of Mycobacterium tuberculosis secreted proteins in nonhuman primates. Clin. Exp. Immunol., 119: 84-91, 2000.

Jayashankar, L., Brasky, K.M., Ward, J.A., Attanasio, R. (2003). Lymphocyte modulation in a baboon model of immunosenescence.Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 10(5):870-5.

Scinicariello, F., Engleman, C.N., Jayashankar, L., McClure, H.M., Attanasio, R. (2004). Rhesus macaque antibody molecules: sequences and heterogeneity of alpha and gamma constant regions. Immunol. 111(1):66-74.

Rogers, K.A., Scinicariello, F., Attanasio, R. (2004). Identification and characterization of macaque CD89 (immunoglobulin A Fc receptor). Immunol. 113(2):178-86.

Scinicariello F, Jayashankar L, Attanasio R. Baboon immunoglobulin variable region heavy chains: identification of genes homologous to members of the human VH1-VH7 subgroups. Immunogenetics, 53: 815-820, 2002.

Attanasio R, Gust DA, Wilson ME, Meeker T, Gordon TP. Immunomodulatory effects of estrogen and progesterone replacement in a nonhuman primate model. J. Clin. Immunol., 22: 263-269, 2002.

Pehler K, Brasky KM, Butler TM, Attanasio R. Mycobacterium tuberculosis secreted protein antigens: immunogenicity in baboons. J. Clin. Immunol., 20: 306-316, 2000.

Attanasio R., Brasky KM, Robbins SH, Jayashankar L, Nash RJ, Butler TM. Age-related autoantibody production in a nonhuman primate model. Clin. Exp. Immunol., 123: 361-365, 2001.

Attanasio, R., Jayashankar, L., Engleman, C.N., Scinicariello, F. (2002). Baboon immunoglobulin constant region heavy chains: identification of four IGHG genes. Immunogenetics. 54(8):556-61.

Rogers KA, Richardson JP, Scinicariello F, Attanasio R. Molecular Characterization of IgD in Mammals: Immunoglobulin Heavy Constant Delta (IGHD) Genes in Dogs, Chimpanzees and Four Old World Monkey Species. Immunology, in press.

Scinicariello F, Masseoud F, Jayshankar L, Attanasio R. Sooty mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus atys) IGHG and IGHA genes. Immunogenetics, in press.

Ferreira, J.L., Baumstark, B.R. Hamdy, M.K., and McCay, S.G. (1993). Polymerase chain reaction for detection of Type A Clostridium botulinum in foods. J. Food Protection 56, 18-20.

Ferguson, R.J., Doll, M.A., Baumstark, B.R., and Hein, D.W. (1994). Polymorphic arylamine N-acetyltransferase encoding gene (NAT2) from homozygous rapid and slow acetylator congenic Syrian hamsters. Gene 140, 247-249.

Anderson, B.E., Baumstark, B.R., and Bellini, W.J. (1988). Expression of the gene encoding the 17-kilodalton antigen from Rickettsia rickettsii: transcription and post-translational modification. J. Bacteriol. 170, 4493-4500.

Anderson, B., Goldsmith, C., Johnson, A., Padmalayam, I., and Baumstark, B. (1994). Bacteriophage-like particle of Rochalimaea henselae. Molecular Micro. 13, 67-73.

Osborne, F.A., Stovall, S.R., and Baumstark, B.R. (1989). The c1 genes of P1 and P7. Nucleic Acids Res. 17, 7671-7680.

Baumstark, B.R., Stovall, S.R., and Bralley, P. (1990). The ImmC region of phage P1 codes for a gene whose product promotes lytic growth. Virology 179, 217-227.

Baumstark, B.R., Stovall, S.R., and Ashkar, S. (1987). Interaction of the P1c1 repressor with P1 DNA. Localization of repressor binding sites near the c1 gene. Virology 156, 404-413.

Anderson, B.E., Baumstark, B.R., and Bellini, W.J. (1990). Nucleotide sequence of the P34 gene of Rickettsia rickettsii. Nucleic Acids Res. 18, 7168.

Ferreira, J.L., Hamdy, M.K., McCay, S.G., and Baumstark, B.R. (1992). An improved assay for identification of Type A Clostridium botulinum using the polymerase chain reaction. J. Rapid Methods and Automation 1, 29-39.

Kelly, T.M., Padmalayam, I., and Baumstark, B. (1998). Use of the cell division protein FtsZ as a means of differentiating among Bartonella species. Clin. and Diagnostic Lab. Immunol. 5, 766-772.

Fiskus, W., Padmalayam, I., Kelly, T., Guibao, C., and Baumstark, B.R. (2003). Identification and characterization of the ddlB, ftsQ and ftsA genes upstream of ftsZ in Bartonella bacilliformis and Bartonella henselae. DNA Cell Biol. 22, 743-752

Chen, Z-H., Butler, W.R., Baumstark, B.R., and Ahearn, D.G. (1996). Identification and differentiation of Mycobacterium avium and M. intracellulare by PCR. J. Clinical Micro. 34, 1267-1269.

Lee, K.N., Padmalayam, I., Baumstark, B.R., Baker, S.L., and Massung, R.F. (2003). Characterization of the ftsZ gene from Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Rickettsia rickettsii, and use as a differential PCR target. DNA Cell Biol 22, 179-186.

Devlin, B.H., Baumstark, B.R., and Scott, J.R. (1982). Superimmunity: characterization of a new gene in the immunity region of P1. Virology 120, 360-375.

Heckman, J.E., Hecker, L., Schwartzbach, S., Barnett, W.E., Baumstark, B., and RajBhandary, U.L. (1978). Structure and function of initiator methionine tRNA from the mitochondria of Neurospora crassa. Cell 13, 83-86.

Baumstark, B.R., Roberts, R.J., and RajBhandary, U.L. (1979). Use of short synthetic DNA duplexes as substrates for restriction endonucleases HpaII and MnoI. J. Biol. Chem. 524, 8943-8950.

Hargrove, J.L., Scoble, H.A., Mathews, W.R., Baumstark, B.R., and Biemann, K. (1989). The structure of tyrosine aminotransferase. Evidence for domains involved in regulation, catalysis and enzyme turnover. J. Biol. Chem. 264-45-53.

Baumstark, B.R., and Scott, J.R. (1980). Characterization of the c1 repressor from the bacteriophage P1. J. Mo. Biol. 140, 471-480.

Baumstark, B.R., and Scott, J.R. (1987). The c4 gene of phage P1. Virology 156, 197-203.

Padmalayam, I., Anderson, B., Kron, M., Kelly, T., and Baumstark, B. (1997). The 75-kilodalton antigen of Bartonella bacilliformis is a structural homolog of the cell division protein FtsZ. J. Bacteriol. 179, 4545-4552.

Padmalayam, I., Kelly, T., Baumstark, B., and Massung, R. (2000). Molecular cloning, sequencing, expression, and characterization of an immunogenic 43 kilodalton lipoprotein of Bartonella bacilliformis that has homology to NlpD/LppB. Infection & Immunity 68, 4972-4979.

Kirma, N., Ferreira, J.L., and Baumstark, B.R. (2004). Characterization of six type A strains of Clostridium botulinum that contain type B toxin gene sequences. FEMS Micro Lett. 231, 159-164.

Ferguson, R.J., Doll, M.A., Rustan, T.D., Baumstark, B.R., and Hein, D.W. (1994). Syrian hamster monomorphic N-acetyltransferase (NAT1) alleles: cloning, sequencing, and expression in E. coli. Pharmacogenetics 4, 82-90.

Baumstark, B.R., Lowery, K., and Scott, J.R. (1984). Location by DNA sequence analysis of cop mutations affecting the number of plasmid copies of prophage P1. Mol. Gen. Genet. 194, 513-516.

Padmalayam, I., Karem, K., Baumstark, B., and Massung, R. (2000). The gene encoding the 17-kilodalton antigen of Bartonella henselae is located within a cluster of genes homologous to the virB virulence operon. DNA Cell Biol 19, 377-382.

Wilson, W.D., Zuo, E.T., Jones, R.T., Zonn, G.L., and Baumstark, B.R. (1987). Sequence dependent electrophoretic mobilities and melting temperatures for A-T containing oligodeoxy ribonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res. 15, 105-118.

Baumstark, B.R., Spremulli, L.L., RajBhandary, U.L., and Brown, G.M. (1977). Initiation of protein synthesis without formylation in a mutant of Escherichia coli that grows in the absence of tetrahydrofolate. J. Bacteriol. 129, 457-471.

Heinrich, J., Riedel, H-D., Baumstark, B.R., Kimura, M., and Schuster, H. (1989). The c1 repressor of bacteriophage P1: operator-repressor interaction of wild-type and mutant repressor proteins. Nucleic Acids Res. 17, 7681-7692.

Padmalayam, I., Fiskus, W., Massung, R.F., and Baumstark, B.R. (2003). Molecular cloning and analysis of a region of the Bartonella bacilliformis genome encoding NlpD, L-isoaspartyl methyltransferase and YajC homologs. DNA Cell Biol 22, 347-353.

Anderson, B., Scotchlas, D., Jones, D., Johnson, A., Tzianabos, T., and Baumstark, B. (1997). Analysis of 36-kilodalton protein (PapA) associated with the bacteriophage particle of Bartonella henselae. DNA Cell Biol. 16, 1223-1229.